{"id":112,"date":"2024-06-05T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T09:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/tass\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:03:27","slug":"overview-of-tass-assessment-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/overview-of-tass-assessment-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of TASS assessment options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-element-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><nav style=\"--separator: &quot;\/&quot;\" class=\"wp-block-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li><span aria-current=\"page\">Overview of TASS assessment options<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\">Overview of TASS assessment options<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The TASS includes four assessment forms and summary charts and clicking on an icon will take you to the relevant section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/assessment-forms-and-summary-charts-1024x555.png\" alt=\"Image of the four assessment forms and summary charts\" class=\"wp-image-135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/assessment-forms-and-summary-charts-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/assessment-forms-and-summary-charts-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/assessment-forms-and-summary-charts-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/assessment-forms-and-summary-charts.png 1119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f6f0e7;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">f.1 initial information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This form gathers information from significant others and is designed to be completed by the assessor, the person themselves, or by a significant other, e.g., parent \/ teacher. There are 5 sections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Personal information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Description of person\u2019s social skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associated factors (which then generates a summary chart in s.1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quality of Life (which then generates a summary chart in s.1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Action plan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.1-Image-of-first-screen.png\" alt=\"f.1 Image of first screen\" class=\"wp-image-136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.1-Image-of-first-screen.png 630w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.1-Image-of-first-screen-300x91.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<media-player  load=\"visible\" id=\"vidstack-video-block_1a08f95ce5f1b99b9257984034af88ad\" class=\"vidstack-video\" title=\"Video Title\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/TASS\/videos\/explanation-of-f1.mp4\">\n  <media-provider>\n                  <track src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/explanation-of-f1-en-US.vtt\" kind=\"subtitles\" srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\">\n                        <media-poster\n          class=\"vds-poster\"\n          alt=\"\">\n        <\/media-poster>\n\n  <\/media-provider>\n  <media-video-layout><\/media-video-layout>\n  <media-controls class=\"vds-controls\">\n      <media-controls-group class=\"vds-controls-group\"><\/media-controls-group>\n  <\/media-controls>\n<\/media-player><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">f.2 interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an informal interview to assess self-awareness and self-esteem. You are asking the person about their likes and dislikes, relationships \/ friendships, their appearance, feelings, strengths and needs, and qualities. You then rate them on the six-point rating scale at the end which generates a chart in the summary section (s.2). This assessment includes some visual prompts for several of the questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.2-Image-of-first-screen.png\" alt=\"f.2 Image of first screen\" class=\"wp-image-137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.2-Image-of-first-screen.png 604w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.2-Image-of-first-screen-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<media-player  load=\"visible\" id=\"vidstack-video-block_4b5da6fd99b618b1fd309255982f7453\" class=\"vidstack-video\" title=\"Video Title\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/TASS\/videos\/explanation-of-f2.mp4\">\n  <media-provider>\n                  <track src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/explanation-of-f2-en-US.vtt\" kind=\"subtitles\" srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\">\n                        <media-poster\n          class=\"vds-poster\"\n          alt=\"\">\n        <\/media-poster>\n\n  <\/media-provider>\n  <media-video-layout><\/media-video-layout>\n  <media-controls class=\"vds-controls\">\n      <media-controls-group class=\"vds-controls-group\"><\/media-controls-group>\n  <\/media-controls>\n<\/media-player><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">f.3 self-rating scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">f.3 is an optional part of the assessment which the person themselves completes. This self-rating scale includes ratings related to a few of the associated factors, self-awareness and self-esteem, and some of the social skills behaviours assessed on the TASS rating scale (f.4). There is a 6-point rating scale from \u2018very difficult\u2019 (1) to \u2018very easy\u2019 (6), and the person is also asked which behaviours are very important to them. This generates s.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.3-Image-of-first-screen.png\" alt=\"f.3 Image of first screen\" class=\"wp-image-138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.3-Image-of-first-screen.png 604w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/f.3-Image-of-first-screen-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<media-player  load=\"visible\" id=\"vidstack-video-block_85e3c04cffb0a72c1637cf348604850e\" class=\"vidstack-video\" title=\"Video Title\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/TASS\/videos\/explanation-of-f3.mp4\">\n  <media-provider>\n                  <track src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/explanation-of-f3-en-US.vtt\" kind=\"subtitles\" srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\">\n                        <media-poster\n          class=\"vds-poster\"\n          alt=\"\">\n        <\/media-poster>\n\n  <\/media-provider>\n  <media-video-layout><\/media-video-layout>\n  <media-controls class=\"vds-controls\">\n      <media-controls-group class=\"vds-controls-group\"><\/media-controls-group>\n  <\/media-controls>\n<\/media-player><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">f.4 the TASS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The TASS is the main assessment of social skills and includes sections on body language, the way we talk, conversational and assertiveness skills. This form should be completed by you, not the person or parent. Use your observations and information from other people to score the person on each skill using the descriptions in the manual and the 6-point rating scale in terms of appropriateness to a situation: from \u2018never\u2019 to \u2018always\u2019. This then generates the TASS wheel (s.4), which is viewed in the summary section.<em>Image of s.4<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/s.4-Tass-Wheel.png\" alt=\"Image of the TASS wheel\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/s.4-Tass-Wheel.png 604w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/s.4-Tass-Wheel-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<media-player  load=\"visible\" id=\"vidstack-video-block_5fea7cf44b83851b01a0d09736b41834\" class=\"vidstack-video\" title=\"Video Title\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/TASS\/videos\/explanation-of-f4.mp4\">\n  <media-provider>\n                  <track src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/explanation-of-f4-en-US.vtt\" kind=\"subtitles\" srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\">\n                        <media-poster\n          class=\"vds-poster\"\n          alt=\"\">\n        <\/media-poster>\n\n  <\/media-provider>\n  <media-video-layout><\/media-video-layout>\n  <media-controls class=\"vds-controls\">\n      <media-controls-group class=\"vds-controls-group\"><\/media-controls-group>\n  <\/media-controls>\n<\/media-player><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-element-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary charts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this section, you can view the summary information from all parts of the assessments as described above. In addition, s.5 summarises areas of high priority &#8211; this is a summary of all areas of high priority which have been generated from all sections of the assessments (f.1-4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/s.1-graph-summary.png\" alt=\"Image of Summary charts\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/s.1-graph-summary.png 604w, https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/tass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/s.1-graph-summary-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TASS includes four assessment forms and summary charts and clicking on an icon will take you to the relevant section. f.1 initial information This form gathers information from significant others and is designed to be completed by the assessor, the person themselves, or by a significant other, e.g., parent \/ teacher. 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